The Role of Periodicals in the Formation of Symbolism as a Trend

Abstract

Symbolism came into being in three independent circles, which initially did not accept each other. However, the hostility of the dominant literary forces forced the early symbolists to move closer to each other. The association of symbolists in this manner began on the pages of the almanac Severnyye Tsvety and it continued on the pages of the magazines Novyj Put’, Vesy and Zolotoye Runo. As a result, all these new creative forces attached themselves to symbolism. Magazines made symbolism the most fruitful branch of twentieth-century literature.